1st Edition

Capitalism, Culture and Decline in Britain 1750 -1990

By W.D. Rubinstein Copyright 2002
    196 Pages
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2002.The aim of this book is to analyse and dispute a widely-held theory of Britain’s ‘economic decline’ since the mid-nineteenth century, and to offer an alternative view which has important implications for our understanding of British society and culture in the modern period.

    1 THE BRITISH ECONOMY SINCE INDUSTRIALISATION AND THE ‘CULTURAL CRITIQUE’ 2 BRITISH CULTURE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 3 EDUCATION, THE ‘GENTLEMAN’, AND BRITISH ENTREPRENEURSHIP 4 ELITES AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH ECONOMY

    Biography

    W.D. Rubinstein